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Your mind is a thinking machine! These thoughts end up forming a lens through which you see and experience yourself, your spouse, your children, your day, your marriage, your business, your body. Not examining them can wreak havoc in our lives.

In today’s episode, I’m sharing one of the most transformative tools for improving your life: thought management. It’s a game-changer that can help you build resilience, shift your perspective, and make meaningful progress in your relationships, career, and personal goals.

Your thoughts don’t define you—you’re separate from them. By managing your mind, you can create meaningful change and finally break free from patterns that have been keeping you stuck.

Episode Highlights:

• Why mental resilience is so important in navigating life’s challenges
• How you can take charge of your thoughts and the impact this has on every area of your life
• Simple, actionable steps to start cultivating a healthier thought life, including how to clear your mental clutter and identify patterns that hold you back
• An invitation to join Reimagine: The Interactive Journal, a modern tool to help you manage your mind with expert guidance and real-time support.

Learn More:
✨ Reimagine: The Interactive Journal 

If this episode sparked something in you, I’d love it if you’d share it with someone who might need the same encouragement. 

#Mindset #MentalResilience #PersonalGrowth

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Learn more about Carla:
Website: https:/www.carlareeves.com/
Connect on LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reevescarla/
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Go to https://www.carlareeves.com/getunstuck.com to download Carla's on demand journaling workshop + exercise to help you stop spinning and start moving forward.

Explore Coaching with Carla: https://bookme.name/carlareeves/lite/explore-coaching

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Are you feeling the pressure to get stuff done, especially with the holidays approaching?

This week, we dive into the power of surrender, stillness, and resetting your inner compass during life's challenges. It's easy to get swept up in external noise, but true clarity and peace come from within. 

Key Takeaways:

• The importance of quieting your mind to access your internal, God-given compass.
• Why surrendering resistance and leaning into stillness leads to clarity and flow.
• Practical ways to "check your dashboard" and assess your mental and physical state.
• How calming your inner world creates stability, even when the outer world feels uncertain.

Special Announcement:
Introducing Reimagine: The Interactive Journal, a powerful tool for managing your mindset. This online journaling experience pairs you with a trained guide who offers personalized feedback to help you find clarity, peace, and focus. Whether you're new to journaling or looking for an accessible alternative to coaching, this month-to-month program is designed to transform your everyday life.

Join the Early Phase:
Explore Reimagine at CarlaReeves.com/reimagine. Early pricing is available now!

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Learn more about Carla:
Website: https:/www.carlareeves.com/
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Connect on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@differentlythepodcast

Go to https://www.carlareeves.com/getunstuck.com to download Carla's on demand journaling workshop + exercise to help you stop spinning and start moving forward.

Explore Coaching with Carla: https://bookme.name/carlareeves/lite/explore-coaching

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In this episode of Differently, Carla Reeves explores the idea that life is more than a series of tasks to check off a list. She delves into the importance of having a vision that aligns with your deepest values and how it can help you build a life you don’t have to take a vacation from, starting today.

Key Takeaways:

1. The Power of Vision: Carla shares how having a clear vision for your life can guide your actions and decisions. Whether it’s a big dream or a simple desire, having a direction gives meaning to your everyday choices and helps you align your to-do lists with your long-term goals.
2. Pause and Reflect: Sometimes, it’s easy to get caught up in the busyness of life. Carla encourages listeners to pause, lift their heads, and reflect on whether the motions they’re making are leading to the life they want. Are your actions building the life you envision?
3. Permission to Dream: Carla emphasizes that a vision doesn’t have to be grandiose or world-changing—it just needs to light a fire in you. Whether your vision is about personal joy, career fulfillment, or meaningful relationships, it should inspire action and keep you moving forward.
4. Aligning Your Actions: Once you have a vision, you can begin to make sure your daily tasks are in alignment with it. Carla discusses how small actions—like reaching out to a client or setting aside time for personal reflection—can help create the space and impact you want in your life.
5. Calming the Mind: A well-defined vision can also provide clarity and calm during moments of indecision or doubt. By filtering choices through your vision, you can simplify decision-making and reduce mental overwhelm.
6. Your Invitation to Act: Carla invites listeners to spend 15–30 minutes reflecting on or creating their vision for the future. Once you have your vision, revisit your to-do list and ask yourself: Are these tasks moving me closer to the life I want? Focus on adding tasks that align with your vision and create the feelings you desire in your life.

Resources Mentioned:

• Episode 40: Make Joy Loops with Samantha Brute
• Episode with Joel Stone, where he talks about how writing down goals and intentions helps him stay focused and motivated.

Give It A Try!

• Take 15–30 minutes this week to revisit or create your vision. Align your to-do list with this vision and start taking action today.
• Share this episode with someone who might benefit from it and encourage them to tune in. New episodes drop weekly, so be sure to subscribe and join Carla as she continues to challenge the status quo and inspire action.

Enjoy!

Learn more about Carla:
Website: https:/www.carlareeves.com/
Connect on LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reevescarla/
Connect on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@differentlythepodcast

Go to https://www.carlareeves.com/getunstuck.com to download Carla's on demand journaling workshop + exercise to help you stop spinning and start moving forward.

Explore Coaching with Carla: https://bookme.name/carlareeves/lite/explore-coaching

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If you’re navigating unexpected changes, facing challenges, or adjusting to a new normal, this episode is for you. Meet Rachel Collins—author of Insights and Inspirations: 300 Journal Prompts for Cultivating Joy, Mindfulness, and Gratitude—as she shares her journey of creating a mindful productivity system during a challenging season of life.

In this episode, Rachel dives into:

• How journaling can help you find clarity and process emotions.
• Practical steps to stay grounded during chaotic times.
• Her mindful productivity system that blends visioning, time-blocking, and self-care to get things done with ease and joy.
• The transformative power of carving out intentional time for yourself, even in the busiest of seasons.

Rachel’s approach is packed with actionable insights and inspiration, perfect whether you're a seasoned journaler or new to the practice. Tune in and discover how small, consistent steps can help you live with more joy, clarity, and authenticity.

Links & Resources:

• Rachel’s book: Insights and Inspirations on Amazon
• Free course: Mindful Momentum
• More from Rachel: Passion Purpose Today

Let’s Connect:
Enjoy this episode? Share it with someone who needs a little more mindfulness in their life! ✨

Enjoy!

Learn more about Carla:
Website: https:/www.carlareeves.com/
Connect on LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reevescarla/
Connect on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@differentlythepodcast

Go to https://www.carlareeves.com/getunstuck.com to download Carla's on demand journaling workshop + exercise to help you stop spinning and start moving forward.

Explore Coaching with Carla: https://bookme.name/carlareeves/lite/explore-coaching

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If you’re an overthinker or overcomplicator, marketing your business can be overwhelming. Today, Kristi Mitchell, founder of Marketing Uncomplicated, shows us how to use a simple strategy to replace the chaos and create genuine connection. If you need to cut out the noise and simplify your marketing, this episode is for you!

Key Takeaways:

• [1:06] Meet Kristi Mitchell – Discover her story of simplifying marketing and why strategy matters
• [4:58] Overcoming Overwhelm – Strategies to prevent “shiny object syndrome” by focusing on what truly works
• [7:30] The Marketing Funnel Framework – Kristi explains her simple 4-phase marketing model to build trust with clients
• [11:00] Aligning Strategy with Rhythm – Tailoring your marketing to fit your lifestyle
• [16:04] Shifting Mindsets – How to view marketing as an authentic way to connect and share your message
• [25:12] Introducing “Unfudge Your Marketing” – Kristi’s podcast about real marketing experiences and lessons learned
• [30:10] Get Marketing Support –  for DIYers who need accountability, support, guidance, community

Connect with KristI

Check out Kristi’s free masterclass and resources on her website to rethink and streamline your marketing strategy.

Website

Unfudge Your Marketing

Marketing Support Group

Free Resources

LinkedIn

YouTube

Enjoy!

Learn more about Carla:
Website: https:/www.carlareeves.com/
Connect on LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reevescarla/
Connect on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@differentlythepodcast

Go to https://www.carlareeves.com/getunstuck.com to download Carla's on demand journaling workshop + exercise to help you stop spinning and start moving forward.

Explore Coaching with Carla: https://bookme.name/carlareeves/lite/explore-coaching

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Do you struggle with information overload when it comes to nutrition and eating healthy? No-nonsense nutrition coach Nicole Hagen is here to help!

This conversation will educate you, help your mindset, and inspire you to shift your approach to eating and nutrition to fuel the important things in your life and biz.

Highlights

2:39 Nicole’s harrowing struggle with anorexia 

3:28 How Nicole’s experiences led her to becoming the nutrition coach that wasn’t available when she needed one

4:47 Being powerfully fed, not just pursuing aesthetic change

5:09 Juggling real life and healthy eating habits for body composition change 

7:40  The messy middle space between tracking and intuitive eating, balancing macronutrients and biofeedback 

11:13 Being calorie and macronutrient aware vs tracking and measuring 

13:12 Logging what you eat as a short-term intervention

13:53 Navigating food marketing and becoming label literate

14:45 Dealing with the “food morality” of some diets

16:25 The story we tell ourselves about what we're eating and the behaviors that result

20:40 Food as fuel is a limiting concept

23:44 Dealing with information overload

25:47 Macro basics

28:04 Self-care in its truest form

29:26 Journaling prompts

33:37 Making this “stupidly simple”

Where to Find Nicole:
Website
Instagram
Health, Wellth & Wisdom Podcast
Meal Planning Made Easy Freebie

Enjoy!

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Website: https:/www.carlareeves.com/
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Connect on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@differentlythepodcast

Go to https://www.carlareeves.com/getunstuck.com to download Carla's on demand journaling workshop + exercise to help you stop spinning and start moving forward.

Explore Coaching with Carla: https://bookme.name/carlareeves/lite/explore-coaching

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When you need to get something done, it helps to have a great tool to help you. 

Need to hang a picture? Use a hammer and nail.

Want clean teeth? A toothbrush and floss are your friends.

Want to process your thoughts? Journal.

Keeping thoughts and emotions bottled up inside is a recipe for stress, tension, uncertainty, and wheel spinning.

Whether you love writing or not, journaling is a truly effective tool for creating a better life. In this episode, you’ll learn ten ways to use journaling as a tool of inner-self care in just a few minutes a day.

Take five minutes to listen to how I use journaling as my tool of choice to:

1. Express gratitude
2. Have a conversation with God
3. Gain clarity by pouring out overthinking
4. Get unstuck
5. Sort out feelings
6. Remember what’s important
7. Capture ideas
8. Slay mental dragons
9. Dream
10. Keep lists of all kinds

Your brain is happier when it has a chance to breathe. Journaling gives your brain time to relax and not hang on so tightly. Your mind gets the distance and perspective it needs to come up with new solutions. 

You wouldn’t dream of skipping the five minutes it takes to brush your teeth. Today you’ll see why your ten minutes journal time will become part of your new go-to self care ritual.

Enjoy!

Learn more about Carla:
Website: https:/www.carlareeves.com/
Connect on LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reevescarla/
Connect on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@differentlythepodcast

Go to https://www.carlareeves.com/getunstuck.com to download Carla's on demand journaling workshop + exercise to help you stop spinning and start moving forward.

Explore Coaching with Carla: https://bookme.name/carlareeves/lite/explore-coaching

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If you find yourself in the middle of some ups, downs, and in-betweens in life or business, this episode is for you. Today, I’m sharing my hardest season as an entrepreneur and the lessons I’ve learned along the way. 

While it still feels messy, here are some of the highlights, lowlights, and lessons that stand out. I hope they help you on your own journey.

Living is like learning to surf. Problems are just waves. The only thing you need to decide is if you’re going to go over or under them. 🌊

Lessons:

5:24 You can survive without a plan! By showing up 15 minutes a day, another piece is revealed or another door opened. Step in faith again and again.

6:57  It's okay to go slow. It allows for mindfulness, intimacy, presence, and relaxation. 

8:20 Keep showing up, even when you can't see the sprouts from all of the planting and work.

9:30 Honor the season you're in. There will be ebbs and flows, times for creativity, times for going inward.

10:29 You can be okay in the unknown. Stay in the presence of God and do the next thing. Journal, take lots of breaks, make space for allowing and receiving. 

12:24 Be loving and gentle on yourself and others. Remember that business isn't everything. You don't have to take it all so seriously. 

Enjoy!

Learn more about Carla:
Website: https:/www.carlareeves.com/
Connect on LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reevescarla/
Connect on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@differentlythepodcast

Go to https://www.carlareeves.com/getunstuck.com to download Carla's on demand journaling workshop + exercise to help you stop spinning and start moving forward.

Explore Coaching with Carla: https://bookme.name/carlareeves/lite/explore-coaching

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Fall has finally arrived, and that means the end of the year is right around the corner. In today’s episode, Josephine Owusu, an international business strategist from England, is here to help us make it the best it can be.

Planning a strong Q4 isn’t just for business, it’s an opportunity for everyone to end 2024 on a high note and springboard to a productive, organized, fulfilling 2025.

Because Josephine always incorporates personal well-being and life into everything she does, her process is perfect for everyone. I’ve been through her Q4 planning exercise and I share my thoughts, fears, concerns, and hopes as I head into this important season. 

Josephine walks you through the same exercises so that you can benefit from her knowledge and insights too.

Grab a pen and paper, you’ll want to keep this info!

Highlights:

2:33 Review the highlights and lowlights

7:36 The data never lies!

9:12 More of what you like, less of what you don’t

14:37 Traffic light system: what needs to stop, start, or continue

26:53 Visualization exercise for the best Q4 possible

34:56 Bring forward the best version of yourself

38:10 Setting SMART goals

More about Josephine:
LinkedIn
YouTube
IG

Check out Josephine's previous episodes:
Master Your Capacity to Realize Your Goals
CEO Time: Level up Your Business
Build a Business AND a Life

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Website: https:/www.carlareeves.com/
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Connect on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@differentlythepodcast

Go to https://www.carlareeves.com/getunstuck.com to download Carla's on demand journaling workshop + exercise to help you stop spinning and start moving forward.

Explore Coaching with Carla: https://bookme.name/carlareeves/lite/explore-coaching

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If you struggle with content creation, Eugenia Woo, creative content director and host of the Creator to Leader podcast, is here to help. We dive deep into her unique journey, discussing content creation, leadership, and entrepreneurship.

Eugenia shares her insights on Seth Godin's liberating definition of leadership and how it transformed her mindset. Content creation is a marathon, not a sprint, and she offers strategies for avoiding burnout when you feel like you're spinning your wheels.

Highlights:

3:29 From immigrant trying to fit in to entrepreneur and podcast host

4:22 The misconception creators have about content creation and leadership and how to stop consuming content and start leading in their industry

9:29 How Seth Godin's philosophy on leadership and business has impacted Eugenia’s approach to entrepreneurship

11:36 Dealing with failure and leadership

16:25 Detaching from the outcome in content creation

19:03 Leadership as a daily practice

22:30 Seth Godin’s four leadership principles

36:29 Everyday moments as leadership opportunities

39:04 Stop seeking validation and focus on leading and serving your audience

More Eugenia Woo

Website

Creator To Leader

IG

Enjoy!

Learn more about Carla:
Website: https:/www.carlareeves.com/
Connect on LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reevescarla/
Connect on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@differentlythepodcast

Go to https://www.carlareeves.com/getunstuck.com to download Carla's on demand journaling workshop + exercise to help you stop spinning and start moving forward.

Explore Coaching with Carla: https://bookme.name/carlareeves/lite/explore-coaching

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